1. Setting Time: Review Questions
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2. a. Describe the tone of the first two paragraphs. (Use at least one adjective.)
b. What specific words help to establish this tone?
3. As she walks in the woods, what does Myop gather?
4. In paragraph 5, the tone of the story shifts.
a.) Describe the tone of paragraph 5. (Use least one adjective.)
b.) What specific words help to establish this new tone?
5. What gruesome discovery does Myop make? Explain.
6. a.) What encircles the final flower Myop picks up (p.2)?
b.) The location of the wild rose creates a juxtaposition of beauty and evil. Explain.
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7. a.) In the end, what does Myop do with her flowers?
b.) What do the flowers symbolize?
8. The story’s final line: “And the summer was over.” Here, the summer is a metaphor for what
phase of a person’s life?
9. How would you characterize Myop at the beginning of the story versus at the end?
10. “The Flowers” explores the themes of coming of age and loss of innocence. What is another theme in the story? Explain. The story about The Flowers”
Alice Walker

Read the excerpts from "the royal house of thebes" and "the story of a warrior queen." "we are women," she told her sister. "we must obey. we have no strength to defy the state." "choose your own part," antigone said. "i go to bury the brother i love." "you are not strong enough," ismene cried. "why, then when my strength fails," antigone answered, "i will give up." she left her sister; ismene dared not follow her. —"the royal house of thebes" again and again the romans were defeated, till it almost seemed as if the britons really would succeed in driving them out of the country. boadicea herself led the soldiers, encouraging them with her brave words. "it is better to die with honor than to live in slavery," she said. "i am a woman, but i would rather die than yield. will you follow me, men? " and of course the men followed her gladly. —"the story of a warrior queen" how are the archetypes presented in these two passages different? the first passage shows antigone as a warrior, and the second passage shows boadicea as a tragic heroine. the first passage shows antigone as a tragic heroine, and the second passage shows boadicea as a sage. the first passage shows antigone as a rebel, and the second passage shows boadicea as a warrior. the first passage shows antigone as a villain, and the second passage shows boadicea as a sage.

Analysis that compares and contrasts the way two myths show one important feature of their culture

One conclusion that a reader might draw from the excerpt from "there's a man in the habit of hitting me on the head with an umbrella" is that the man with the umbrella is persistent in his mission. provide two details from the text to support this conclusion.